Wednesday, December 28, 2005
*.* deja vu!!! *.*
Have not blogged for a long time again.On a heartier and lighter note...i will share with u the human psychology from a book i read,entitled "the mind's eye".
Today,i will share with u how to create the illusion that makes people experience that they have been somewhere or did something before.More commonly,its known as deja vu.(pronounced dee-zsha-vuu)
- Firstly,the book tells me that the human mind mostly thinks in words and languages.But if we all could use our imagery abilities,our memory will be better.But we express them in words to be understood.hence the contradiction here:Our eidetic ability (photographic memory )is destroyed by words.
Lets do an experiment.Say for example,u introduced me to two of ur close frens.Say i met up with u one day,and after that u met up with two other frens at two different times.And surprisingly,i may have the same fashion style and hair length as the 1st fren after me.Lets just say u met ur third fren later in the day,and that third fren has seen me and is trying so hard to express the fact that he saw me.But in words its just so hard for u to guess.U will be so confused u just did not know which one he or she is decribing to you about.And the more u ask,the more the description,the more u want to just give up.Have u ever experienced that before?
U have heard the saying:"a picture paints a thousand words" true.If i pased by you again on that day,ur third fren would finally go "there!!that one!!!the one I'm talking about."straightaway,in singaporean context,u go "orh...that one ah!!!aiyah u talk so much so actually its that one lah!!"
- the above is just the basic knowledge of creating that illusion.Now for the real thing.First of all,dun try to talk so much.e.g:"Do you know what we did that day?u know what is deja vu?its the familiar feeling that we did something before at someplace or somewhere."
This can definitely put people on high alert,and they may prematurely start to figure out what you are up to.Before long,ur own plot is exposed.
- Secondly,dont re-enact the same events at the same place.It will definitely hook up the person's memeory.instead re-enact the same sequence of event,at e different place with say,the particular fast food chain that u and ur fren had eaten at, earlier in another place.
- Thirdly,the key events must be there,it doesnt matter if the sequence are a little messed up,so long as they are not so messed up ,its ok.To u urself u will know clearly what are the main events.and one more thing,it helps if u can remember what u wore on that particular day.And wear the same thing.(u r most probably treating ur fren like a victim of coma who just woke up and suffered memory loss!!!)
Lastly,just be natural.When frens go out,sometimes one takes the leadership of having the other one to follow and accompany around,and vice versa.Dont try to force ur frens to go to a certain place when it seems so far away.rememeber the first and second points,as this can help add an air of familiarity yet some tinge of disorientation.They may start to feel that what u are wearing looks quite familiar at a particular time,and are doing the same things,the only thing that they are unaware of is that the place has changed.It can feel really weird.But only u know the answer.TRy it,and tell me the results.Re eanct somehting that happened a year ago,somehting that u can vividly remeber,including what u were wearing.Dont do it one week or one month later,as the event itself is still fresh on the person's mind.Depends on how strong the person's memory is.
Ahhhh...aint that playing on their eidetic ability?*
(this article i wrote was inspired by Criss angel's critcially acclaimed tv series,MIndfreak,in which he did the wine barrel escape,and in between shots,he made a couple experience deja vu.)
I shone with Jesus @ | 9:29 PM
Sunday, December 04, 2005
*.* spiritual growth *.*
Hey good day its me here again..have not really blogged for a long time...Well i got some revelations recently and would like to share with anyone who reads this article!
first of all on cell group meetings and the taking in of the word...well i dunno what i should say but i really do love cell group but if i were a leader i wouldn't hold cell meetings on a consistent basis..i mean like once every week..if i were one i would hold a cell meeting fortnightly...well u know why? I am more concerned with growth and not just head knowledge.I discovered that after numerous sermons my life remains as per norm..only to successfully implement a few. Well after knowing so much i still have loads to learn!!!And i have to relearn and relearn.
I really cant help it but i kind of agree with the contents in "purpose driven life" written by rick warren...And i really really agree with what he says..to the extent that i somehow gone out of the mentality of most churchgoers.Which is me against popular church mentality dealing wiht worship and bible studies.Sometimes i do feel irritated to have to worship God in music and guitars alone..and not in other ways.(Cos we are built in different ways,and different interests!!)
I can share with u some of the contents written by rick warren.(actually u can see this particular mentality of mine in the earlier article :"music or worship?" )
#1 bible studies (from purpose driven life) "....actually u can be so busy going to bible studies that u have no time to implement what u learn.the enemy doesnt mind u going to bible studies as long as u did not put into practise what u have learnt."
From here i really do agree with it.I remember having saturdays with like 3 bible studies in a row!!!first of all in cell group,next service,and lastly bible classes after service.To grow strong,we must take things slowly,by putting in our focus in one particular area at any one time.1 weeks time isnt enough for me to implement all i have learnt!by the time i have implemented say 45%..the next week comes up and the same 45% process of implementation recycles.I can never implement succesfully each lesson taught.and that has taken its toll.let m tell u why.
remember my previous articles on how i got depressed when i failed my O levels?that battle in my mind went on for 6 months with demons attacking my though life day and night.I almost wanted to attempt suicide because i thought life was not worth living being a useless teenager.Question: what happened to all the sermons that i learn then?have i forgotten that i need to live by faith not by sight?no.But that's because i did not let that verse grow strong in me.How about taking it as a perspective that its a trial to stregthten me?that too wasnt on my mind.And i didnt even implement.I prayed for comfort but it seems useless.And its all because i did not implement what i learn,meditate on it,and grow strong in the word.
sooner i began to read every verse with smith wigglesworth's popular advice:"only believe!!"
and when i read romans 12:2 " do not be conformed to the standards of this world...renewing of mind."and phillipians 4:8"whatever that is honorable and of good report,think of these things."
i decided to start thinking the good things to boost my morale.But those depressing thoughts showed up there and then..and i almost broke down.But the enemy's strongholds were clearly breaking down..but he was trying to break in even more.That turmoil in me was successfully gone after 2 and a half weeks of intense meditation and confessing the word to myself.In those two weeks i didnt really implement what i learnt from church sermons.I only cared about focusing on winning this battle first.otherwise it can obstruct me in future partaking of spiritual food.Can u take in advice or bible verses during ur most depressing and angry moments?most of us cant,to be frank.We need to calm down first and let the peace of God dwell in us before we can proceed in our walk with him.
umm.. its a little long winded again...i will continue in another article.....haah
I shone with Jesus @ | 7:59 PM
*.* spiritual growth *.*
Hey good day its me here again..have not really blogged for a long time...Well i got some revelations recently and would like to share with anyone who reads this article!
first of all on cell group meetings and the taking in of the word...well i dunno what i should say but i really do love cell group but if i were a leader i wouldn't hold cell meetings on a consistent basis..i mean like once every week..if i were one i would hold a cell meeting fortnightly...well u know why? I am more concerned with growth and not just head knowledge.I discovered that after numerous sermons my life remains as per norm..only to successfully implement a few. Well after knowing so much i still have loads to learn!!!And i have to relearn and relearn.
I really cant help it but i kind of agree with the contents in "purpose driven life" written by rick warren...And i really really agree with what he says..to the extent that i somehow gone out of the mentality of most churchgoers.Which is me against popular church mentality dealing wiht worship and bible studies.Sometimes i do feel irritated to have to worship God in music and guitars alone..and not in other ways.(Cos we are built in different ways,and different interests!!)
I can share with u some of the contents written by rick warren.(actually u can see this particular mentality of mine in the earlier article :"music or worship?" )
#1 bible studies (from purpose driven life) "....actually u can be so busy going to bible studies that u have no time to implement what u learn.the enemy doesnt mind u going to bible studies as long as u did not put into practise what u have learnt."
From here i really do agree with it.I remember having saturdays with like 3 bible studies in a row!!!first of all in cell group,next service,and lastly bible classes after service.To grow strong,we must take things slowly,by putting in our focus in one particular area at any one time.1 weeks time isnt enough for me to implement all i have learnt!by the time i have implemented say 45%..the next week comes up and the same 45% process of implementation recycles.I can never implement succesfully each lesson taught.and that has taken its toll.let m tell u why.
remember my previous articles on how i got depressed when i failed my O levels?that battle in my mind went on for 6 months with demons attacking my though life day and night.I almost wanted to attempt suicide because i thought life was not worth living being a useless teenager.Question: what happened to all the sermons that i learn then?have i forgotten that i need to live by faith not by sight?no.But that's because i did not let that verse grow strong in me.How about taking it as a perspective that its a trial to stregthten me?that too wasnt on my mind.And i didnt even implement.I prayed for comfort but it seems useless.And its all because i did not implement what i learn,meditate on it,and grow strong in the word.
sooner i began to read every verse with smith wigglesworth's popular advice:"only believe!!"
and when i read romans 12:2 " do not be conformed to the standards of this world...renewing of mind."and phillipians 4:8"whatever that is honorable and of good report,think of these things."
i decided to start thinking the good things to boost my morale.But those depressing thoughts showed up there and then..and i almost broke down.But the enemy's strongholds were clearly breaking down..but he was trying to break in even more.That turmoil in me was successfully gone after 2 and a half weeks of intense meditation and confessing the word to myself.In those two weeks i didnt really implement what i learnt from church sermons.I only cared about focusing on winning this battle first.otherwise it can obstruct me in future partaking of spiritual food.Can u take in advice or bible verses during ur most depressing and angry moments?most of us cant,to be frank.We need to calm down first and let the peace of God dwell in us before we can proceed in our walk with him.
umm.. its a little long winded again...i will continue in another article.....haah
I shone with Jesus @ | 7:59 PM
